Role of SUV(max) obtained by 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with a solitary pancreatic lesion: predicting malignant potential and proliferation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the kinetic changes of uptake, washout and retention of Tc-sestamibi in order to evaluate the protective effects and possible mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning and adenosine preconditioning on myocardium injured by ischaemia/reperfusion. METHODS:Isolated ischaemia/reperfusion rabbit heart mod...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Liang J,Chen HL,Zhou Y,Xie M,Xu LM,Lin G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this case-control study was to determine whether semi-quantitative indices derived from salivary time-activity curves (TACs) are useful in the diagnosis and management of xerostomia. METHODS:Twenty-six healthy volunteers and 83 consecutive patients with xerostomia, including a subset of 40 patients ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Booker J,Howarth D,Taylor L,Voutnis D,Sutherland D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new method to replace the conventional method of quantitatively measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF), in which octanol-extracted radioactivity counts are measured in continuous arterial blood samples. With the new method, the whole-brain time-activity curves early after the intravenous injection of ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka H,Murase K,Inoue T,Ishimaru Y,Akamune A,Yamamoto Y,Ikezoe J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:201Tl myocardial perfusion single photon emission tomography (SPET) with pharmacological coronary vasodilatation using adenosine is now often used in the investigation of a patient with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). In this study, we present data from two groups of patients. Group A (n = 40) experienced 201Tl SPET wi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mahmood S,Gupta NK,Gunning M,Bomanji JB,Jarritt PH,Ell PJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients (24 males, 5 females; aged 62.8 +/- 10.1 years) with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) without gallstones and impaired liver function were included in our study. The patients were categorized by blood sugar control and disease duration. Twelve normal controls (10 males, 2 females; age...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kao CH,Tsou CT,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) have advanced our understanding of the biological underpinnings of depression. There is, however, considerable variability in the literature. Depression is a complex disorder with marked heterogeneity in diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Smith DJ,Cavanagh JT

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-pass radionuclide angiography, for the evaluation of ventricular function during peak physiological stress, requires the use of a low-energy point source for correction of motion artifacts. A design for the construction of a refillable 125I point source is presented. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hirsch JI,Fuhs BE,Tatum JL,Tatum TG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure and describe patterns of interobserver variation in visual interpretation of 18-FDG PET in malignant lymphoma. METHODS:Eleven nuclear medicine physicians with different levels of PET experience independently reviewed 37 18F-FDG PET scans of lymphoma patients (10 obtained at presentation, 27 during...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zijlstra JM,Comans EF,van Lingen A,Hoekstra OS,Gundy CM,Willem Coebergh J,Bongers V

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintimammography is a recently verified technique that will expand the use of nuclear medicine to a new group of patients in whom scintigraphic imaging has not been widely used. If performed correctly, and in certain groups of patients, it delivers a sensitivity as high as X-ray mammography or magnetic resonance imag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Buscombe JR,Cwikla JB,Thakrar DS,Hilson AJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Stunning of thyroid remnants after diagnostic scanning (Dx-WBS) using radioactive iodine- (¹³¹I) may limit the efficacy of I therapy. We aimed to evaluate this assumption in a prospectively designed study. METHODS:Forty patients who underwent thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma were studied and ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Amin A,Amin M,Badwey A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many studies have attempted to assess the significance of the use of the β(-)particle emitter praseodymium-142 ((142)Pr) in cancer treatment. As praseodymium oxide (Pr(2)O(3)) powder is not water soluble, it was dissolved in HCl solution and the resultant solution had to be pH adjusted to be in an injectable ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bakht MK,Sadeghi M,Ahmadi SJ,Sadjadi SS,Tenreiro C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Single-photon emission computed tomography ventilation/perfusion (SPECT V/Q) imaging is recommended both by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. However, respiratory motion produces image blurring and degradation of detai...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Darwesh RM,Shin E,Morgan PS,Perkins AC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we evaluated and compared the level of myocardial ischaemia caused by cardiac syndrome X (CSX) and coronary slow flow (CSF) with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI), and determined if changes in the level of myocardial ischaemia exist in CSF and ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Özde C,Aktüre G,Aytekin S,Sayin AE,Ay EK,Coçkun G,Kaya A,Kayapinar O

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodistribution of 131I-6 beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol (NP-59) was assessed in hypercholesterolaemic patients and in a rabbit model of HC to examine the alterations in the relative distribution of NP-59 and its metabolites and to explain the changes in the patterns of adrenal cortical imaging in patients with...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lynn MD,Gross MD,Shapiro B,Bassett D

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A mismatch between thallium-201 ((201)Tl) and iodine-123 ((123)I)-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) dual single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) reflects a dysfunctional but viable myocardium, such as stunned or hibernating myocardium, in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujita K,Kasama S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 20 patients aged 46-69 years (mean 57 years) undergoing long-term haemodialysis (HD) and 20 age- and sex-matched controls with single photon emission tomography (SPET) and 99Tcm-hexamethyl-propyleneamine-oxime to look for regional abnormalities in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and their relation to cognitive dy...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fazekas G,Fazekas F,Schmidt R,Flooh E,Valetitsch H,Kapeller P,Krejs GJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can present as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or acute pulmonary embolism (PE). In fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT, 18F-FDG activity along the deep veins of the lower extremities (LE) is often observed and, unless it is associated with focal intense activity, is not conside...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zhu HJ,Hess S,Rubello D,Goris ML,Alavi A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of (123)I-iomazenil (IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the pre-surgical identification of epileptogenic areas in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and to compare the results with those of (123)I-IMP SPECT and (18)Fluorodeoxyglu...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaneko K,Sasaki M,Morioka T,Koga H,Abe K,Sawamoto H,Ohya N,Yoshiura T,Mihara F,Honda H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planar pulmonary scintigraphy is still regularly performed for the evaluation of pulmonary embolism (PE). However, only about 50-80% of cases can be resolved by this approach. This study evaluates the ability of tomographic acquisition (single photon emission computed tomography, SPECT) of the perfusion scan to improv...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Collart JP,Roelants V,Vanpee D,Lacrosse M,Trigaux JP,Delaunois L,Gillet JB,De Coster P,Vander Borght T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated dopamine transporter blockade in the rat striatum after treatment with various doses of methylphenidate using a high-resolution small animal SPECT ('TierSPECT') and I-FP-CIT. METHODS:I-FP-CIT was administered intravenously 1 h after intraperitoneal injection of methylphenidate (3 mg.k...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nikolaus S,Antke C,Beu M,Kley K,Larisch R,Wirrwar A,Müller HW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (RIRI) may occur secondary to several reasons leading to renal failure. Coenzyme-Q10 (CoQ10) is a well-known antioxidant. However, the effects CoQ10 against RIRI have not been evaluated. Our aim was to evaluate protective effects of CoQ10 to renal ischemia-reperfusion by bioche...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Akbulut A,Keseroglu BB,Koca G,Yuceturk CN,Ozgur BC,Surer H,Ogus E,Yumuşak N,Karakaya J,Korkmaz M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:123I has been promoted for diagnostic imaging as a means of avoiding 'stunning'. It has also been suggested that the more favourable physical characteristics and consequent enhanced imaging resolution provided by 123I offers a more accurate diagnostic assessment of the extent of disease prior to therapy. Thi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cohen JB,Kalinyak JE,McDougall IR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to determine which of three two-parameter fitting functions (exponential, linear-log, and negative-power function of time) most accurately models early chromium-51-EDTA (51Cr-EDTA) plasma concentration data prior to 120 min in patients with cirrhosis and ascites and understand how th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Wanasundara SN,Wesolowski MJ,Puetter RC,Burniston MT,Xirouchakis E,Giamalis IG,Babyn PS,Wesolowski CA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of tumour dose on tumour response and overall survival (OS) in patients with chemo-refractory metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to the liver undergoing yttrium-90 radioembolisation (Y90 RE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 20 consecutive patients with chemo-refractory MBC...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cheng B,Sethi I,Davisson N,Brandon D,Barron B,Galt J,Bercu Z,Schuster DM,Kokabi N

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study evaluated the usefulness of postoperative fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) in the management of olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten patients (eight men and two women; mean age, 48.5 years) with histologically confirmed ONB who underwent ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka T,Toriihara A,Kubota K,Machida Y,Nakamura S,Kishimoto S,Ohashi I,Shibuya H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the present study, (99m)Tc-radiolabelled E-selectin binding peptide ((99m)Tc-IMP-178) was investigated for its potential to image acute pyogenic osteomyelitis in a new animal model. Intraindividual comparisons were performed using an irrelevant peptide ((99m)Tc-IMP-100) to demonstrate specificity. METH...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gratz S,Béhé M,Boerman OC,Kunze E,Schulz H,Eiffert H,O'Reilly T,Behr TM,Angerstein C,Nebendahl K,Kauer F,Becker W

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the kinetics of labelled platelets makes sense only when the platelets preserve their viability after separation and labelling. The separation and labelling procedures described in the manual of two producers of 111In-oxinate (Amersham, Mallinckrodt) have been evaluated by in vitro aggregation tests. The ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mortelmans L,Verbruggen A,De Roo M,Vermylen J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality positron emission tomographic (PET) cameras are expensive and, therefore, not available in many centres. To allow access to clinical 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET, we began working with an ADAC Vertex camera equipped with a molecular coincidence detection (MCD) module in February 1997. Here we give...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Erler H,Zaknun J,Donnemiller E,Bacher-Stier C,Oberladstätter M,Riccabona G,Moncayo R

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method described by Weisner et al. for stabilizing 99Tcm-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99Tcm-HMPAO) with cobalt chloride hexahydrate solution is the most promising developed to date. The aim of our work was to study the behaviour of cobalt during the labelling of leukocytes with 99Tcm-HMPAO stabilized in vitro ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Prangere T,Bowden AD,Beauchat V,Caulier MT,Ziegels P,Huglo D,Pickett RD,Steinling M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed practice in nuclear cardiology in the UK in 1994. A questionnaire was sent to 219 centres performing nuclear imaging asking for details of current practice in nuclear cardiology. Replies were received from 192 centres (88%). Activity in performance of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and radionuc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pennell DJ,Prvulovich E,Tweddel A,Caplin J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00